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In the wake of the Paris terrorism attacks, should we enhance screening of
Syrian refugees?
Obama says "no."

President Obama threatened late Wednesday to veto legislation aimed at
improving screening for Syrian refugees, potentially putting the White House
and Congress on a collision course in a matter of days.

The veto threat came as the House was preparing the bill -- which sets high
hurdles for refugee admission including FBI background checks and sign-offs
by top officials -- for floor action as early as Thursday. In a committee
meeting, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, accused the president of confusing the
public about the intentions of the legislation.

Moments later, the White House issued a statement defending the current
screening process and claiming the changes called for under the bill would
create "significant delays and obstacles" for the existing vetting program.

"Given the lives at stake and the critical importance to our partners in the
Middle East and Europe of American leadership in addressing the Syrian refugee
crisis ... [Obama] would veto the bill," the White House said.

Honduran authorities have detained five Syrian nationals who were trying to
reach the United States using stolen Greek passports, but there are no signs
of any links to last week's attacks in Paris, police said.

The Syrian men were held late on Tuesday in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa,
on arrival from Costa Rica, and had been planning to head to the border with
neighboring Guatemala. The passports had been doctored to replace the
photographs with those of the Syrians, police said.

"We received information from (fellow) police services that these five Syrians
left Greece and passed through Turkey, Brazil, Argentina and San Jose in Costa
Rica before finally reaching Tegucigalpa," said Anibal Baca, spokesman for
Honduras' police. "They are normal Syrians."

Just "normal" Syrians, on a pleasure trip.

Of course, "pleasure" for them is killing infidels.

Here's where I say, "thanks Honduras!"

And it's also where I say, "typical Obama," siding with terrorists instead
of protecting America. It's who he is. It's what he does.